xii, 210 pages : 24 cm

Successful innovation doesn't begin with a brainstorming session--it starts with the customer. So in an age of unlimited data, why do more than 50% of new products fail to meet expectations? The truth is that we need to stop asking customers what they want . . . and start examining what they need. First popularized by Clayton Christensen, the Jobs-to-be-Done theory argues that people purchase products and services to solve a specific problem. They're not buying ice cream, for example, but celebration, bonding, and indulgence. The concept is so simple (and can remake how companies approach their markets)-- and yet many have lacked a way to put it into practice. This book answers that need

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : charting a roadmap to great ideas -- Understanding jobs to be done -- Jobs : what customers are trying to get done -- Job drivers : why customers have different jobs -- Current approaches and pain points : how customers look at today's solutions -- Success criteria : the customer's definition of a win -- Obstacles : what holds new ideas back -- Make the trip worthwhile -- Value : how insights become revenue -- Competition : becoming king of the road -- Using jobs to be done to build great ideas -- Establish objectives -- Plan your approach -- Generate ideas -- Reframe your perspective -- Experiment and iterate -- Afterword -- Appendix A: Quick reference guide -- Appendix B: Jobs in the public sector -- Acknowledgements -- About the authors

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